If you come from JavaScript world you will badly miss the alert() function. However, this habit can be entertained if you declare a function at default.js file. Then it will be accessible in all other pages which are navigated from default.html page. function alert (message) {
var msgBox = new Windows...

In Windows Store Apps if any unhandled error comes it closes the application. This sliently happens to terminate the app. This is a default behavior. We can change this behavior by handling the “unhandled” errors. app.onerror = function (e) {
var message = e.detail.message;
var description = e.detail...

Use Blank HTML Template Create project using Blank Template Install the jQuery and add it to Application Once you have your Windows Store Apps, use nugget.org and add jQuery to your application Go to your package manager console and run the below comment PM> Install-Package jQuery Then add the reference...

Getting Started with MVVM in 10 minutes Building a Reusable ICommand implementation for Windows Phone MVVM apps Laurent Bugnion, leads the MVVM Light Toolkit project, has a 4-article MSDN series on MVVM IOC Containers and MVVM Messenger and View Services in MVVM Maximizing the Visual Designer...

There are bunch of resources on how to use SQLite. The one which I came across and liked is http://jesseliberty.com/2013/03/14/windows-8-storing-data-with-sqlite/ . If you follow step by step you will be able to reach the desired output. What is more challenging is the final package when...

Great Indian Developer Summit we showed the power of WinJS by taking pic and setting it in HTML page. Later we have used the image and set it as Profile picture. This was part of our Windows Store apps demo. The code is shared here ( function () {
//intialize Camera and then enable Webcam capability...

Windows Store apps comes with some amazing data bound controls. The most favorite among them is ListView and GridView . The ListView shows data in vertical scrolling mode and GridView shows data in horizontal scrolling. My pal was building an app where she needs to display data in two columns while having...

This is simple but tricky. You need to submit another release with no selection to any country. After you remove the app Your app will not be searchable People can see your app through direct url but will not be able to install. What would happen to the existing set of users? Those who downloaded the...